Laurel Park, NC 28791 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Laurel Park, NC, ZIP 28791
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 192 frost-free days later.
Laurel Park sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Laurel Park has about 8 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Laurel Park's last frost
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Laurel Park compares
About 192 days separate Laurel Park's last and first frost, putting it 20,376 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NC, it ranks 964 of 1,078.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Laurel Park can differ from the 28791 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Laurel Park's frost date answer different questions.